Lithology as a factor for the distribution of metals in stream sediments associated with sediment-hosted Cu deposits: a case study from the Alta-Kvænangen tectonic window, northern Norway.

ABSTRACT: The Kåfjord area in northern Norway hosts numerous Cu deposits that were subjected to mining activities back in the nineteenth century. Relicts of the historical mining activity are still visible at several abandoned mines and associated mine waste disposal sites that may represent an environmental threat. The area was subjected to mining activities during the nineteenth century and abandoned mines and associated mine waste disposal sites still may represent a significant environmental threat. The Cu mineralization, found within the Paleoproterozoic Alta-Kvænangen Tectonic Window, primarily occurs as epigenetic sulfide-quartz-carbonate hydrothermal veins that crosscut the Kvenvik volcano-sedimentary complex and the overlying Storviknes sedimentary sequence. This study aims to determine the

SUBMITTER: Posaric L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11880057 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature